LAWRENCE O'BRYAN BRANCH (1820-1862) Confederate brigadier general who commanded forces at New Bern and later joined Jackson to fight at the Seven Days', Second Bull Run, Harpers Ferry, and Antietam where he died in action. Partly-printed D.S. as president of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company, 1p. oblong 4to., North Carolina, May 1, 1853, a stock certificate for the above-mentioned railroad for five shares, bearing an attractive railroad vignette at top. Folds, a few minor spots, otherwise very good. $200-300